If Adam and Eve were in Eden...?

Yes they admit they want everyone stupid with that one. Moral of that story is if you want wisdom don't be Christian.

This is really a story about three things: first, it's a powerful lesson about temptation--Eve was tempted and offered the apple to Adam--the temptation (because of free will) was there. It's like, if someone tells you that you can't do something, and you really want to do it, you're going to do it anyway--it's what makes us human. Second, it explains our mortality. The passage about "whoever eats of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil shall surely perish". It's a convenient, but nevertheless simple explanation of why we only live for so long. Third, it's a great foreshadowing of the reason for Jesus coming (if you're Christian). The sin of Eden was the first sin--remember that Adam and Eve were walking around naked--and were not ashamed before they ate the fruit. Afterwards, they were banished from Eden and clothed themselves. Jesus came (again, if you're Christian) to take away the sin of Eden (among others). So really, as a whole, it's a lesson about what happens if you disobey what God tells you to do. Hope this helps.

The word "apple" once meant any fruit that was smaller than a melon. The fruit Adam was supposed to have eaten was specifically the fruit of "knowledge of what is good and what is bad", not "wisdom" in general. The story represents human refusal to submit to God's moral guidance. And apparently the "fruit's" effects were temporary.

1. there is no "Sin of Eden"

2. the "oral traditions" were written in a book 3500 years ago, it is now called the bible

3. God told Adam "in the day you eat thereof you shall surely die" thus Adam lived 930 years - 70 years short of 1000 2Peter3:8

4. Since God looks at the heart - the whole deal was NOT about disobeying - disobeying was the manifestation of what went on in the heart - what went on there is what the book of psalms is all about! Anyone have an idea what that might be? I know it is not taught at all, but it is the truth!!!

For starters, it wasn't an apple tree.

Knowledge is not the same as Wisdom.

Adams first wife was Lilith and bickered all the time so Adam was not at all perfect.

Religion is for people who can't think for themselves.

Ann Coulter has the Adams apple

The story doesn't mean much to me, but if you're looking for mistakes, I would point out that there is no hint of what they ate being an apple.

God said 'do not eat the fruit of knowledge.' One rule and we could not even keep that one rule. But it was woman that got man to eat the fruit, for the devil tempted her and she got man to eat of the fruit.

So the lesson is: do not be mislead by a woman, do what is right in the eyes of God.

take care.

The Bible never says what fruit it was.

Over time, people have used the apple in images and stories.

It's a myth. Magical talking snake? Magical cursing fruit? A garden of paradise?

Get real.

God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden to give Adam and Eve a choice to obey Him or disobey Him. Adam and Eve were free to do anything they wanted, except eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Genesis 2:16-17, “And the LORD God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.’” If God had not given Adam and Eve the choice, they would have essentially been robots, simply doing what they were programmed to do. God created Adam and Eve to be “free” beings, able to make decisions, able to choose between good and evil. In order for Adam and Eve to truly be free, they had to have a choice.

There was nothing essentially evil about the tree or the fruit of the tree. It is unlikely that eating the fruit truly gave Adam and Eve any further knowledge. It was the act of disobedience that opened Adam and Eve’s eyes to evil. Their sin of disobeying God brought sin and evil into the world and into their lives. Eating the fruit, as an act of disobedience against God, was what gave Adam and Eve knowledge of evil (Genesis 3:6-7).

God did not want Adam and Eve to sin. God knew ahead of time what the results of sin would be. God knew that Adam and Eve would sin and would thereby bring evil, suffering, and death into the world. Why, then, did God allow Satan to tempt Adam and Eve? God allowed Satan to tempt Adam and Eve to force them to make the choice. Adam and Eve chose, of their own free will, to disobey God and eat the forbidden fruit. The results—evil, sin, suffering, sickness, and death—have plagued the world ever since. Adam and Eve's decision results in every person being born with a sin nature, a tendency to sin. Adam and Eve's decision is what ultimately required Jesus Christ to die on the cross and shed His blood on our behalf. Through faith in Christ, we can be free from sin's consequences, and ultimately free from sin itself. May we echo the words of the Apostle Paul in Romans 7:24-25, “What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!”